- Jul 26th – 27th, 2024
- Aug 2nd – 3rd, 2024
- Aug 16th – 17th, 2024
- General: $5.00
$5.00 – Adults
$1.00 – 18 and youngerEveryone pays gate admission; including parents, contestants, spectators, rodeo staff and volunteers. Gate money goes towards helping purchase year-end awards for the finalists!
- Breakaway Roping
- Bull Riding
- Calf Riding
- Goat Tying
- Junior Barrel Racing
- Junior Breakaway
- Junior Pole Bending
- Junior Rodeo
- Junior Steer Riding
- Mutton Bustin'
- Team Roping
The Edmond Jr. Rodeo will be held on Friday, July 26th – Saturday, July 27th, 2024 in Edmond, Oklahoma. This Edmond rodeo is held at Carl Benne Arena.
The Edmond Jr. Rodeo was established in 1995 at the Edmond Round Up Club. The season consists of fourteen rodeos held April through August/September each year.
Rodeo Dates 2024
April 5/6
April 19/20
May 10/11
May 24/25
June 7/8
July 26/27
August 16/17 - Finals
June 14/15 - Rain out date if needed
August 2/3 - Rain out date if needed
GENERAL RULES FOR CONTESTANTS
1. Before any competition, contestants shall have signed all the appropriate forms furnished by the Edmond Jr. Rodeo including the minor’s release signed by the contestant’s parents or legal guardian.
2. All contestants shall observe ground rules set by the Edmond Jr. Rodeo.
3. Only contestants will be allowed to register complaints, and these must be placed first through the Event Director before the end of the performance in which the question arose.
4. No person shall be allowed in the arena during a rodeo performance unless entered in an event or as an assistant. This rule shall be enforced by the Arena Director, Event Director and Rodeo Officials.
5. Each contestant will be allowed one, and only one assistant in the arena and only one assistant behind the chutes when he or she is contesting. Assistant helping barrel racers and pole benders will not be allowed to go past the plane of the main arena gate when they are entering the arena, with the exception of the age groups 13 and under.
6. In roping timed events, the contestant is allowed a helper in the box to assist in settling the horse and keeping the horse in the corner of the box. When the contestant calls for the animal, no further assistance can take place after that. No encouragement can take place by the assistant after the contestant calls for the animal. The helper may have his hands on the horse at such time that the contestant calls for the animal but if the helper starts the horse or holds the horse in any way that affects the contestant’s scoring process, the contestant will receive a no time.
7. All contestants will leave the arena immediately after contesting or assisting.
8. Contestant helpers must leave the arena immediately after they have assisted.
9. The decision of any judges, flagmen or timers will be final, and no protest by contestant will be permitted, except first through the Event Director. Such protest shall be made before the end of the performance. If the Event Director determines that the protest is based upon a possible misinterpretation of an event rule, the Event Director shall, at the first convenient opportunity, describe the protest and the interpretation of the rule upon which it is based to the judge. If the judge agrees that an erroneous ruling was made and that the error is correctable, then the judge shall modify the ruling accordingly. Otherwise, the decision shall stand.
10. No contestant may talk to a judge or timer in any way while an event is going on.
11. Questions may be addressed to the judge no sooner than at the end of the event for that performance.
12. Any contestant violating this regulation may be disqualified by the judges or the Event Director.
13. All contestants are required to read the rules carefully, particularly those relating to the contests or events in which they enter.
14. Failure to understand rules will not be accepted as an excuse.
15. Western Shirt – wrist length sleeves shirt with collar and cuffs.
16. Cowboy Western boots must be worn and sneaker type “sport shoes” are not acceptable footwear.
17. No sweatshirts, T-shirts, or pullovers allowed.
18. Cowboy Hat – 2 1/2-inch minimum brim; five (5) inch minimum crown. Helmets may be worn in lieu of western hats while in competition.
19. No electrical devices may be used by a contestant or on his horse.
20. In rodeo events a complete go-round must be finished before any contestant can compete on his next head of stock or timed event.
21. No contestant may compete on the same head of stock twice at any one rodeo in the same event, except for re-rides or reruns.
22. Rodeo Judges and/or Event Directors may inspect any contestant’s equipment before, during or after a rodeo performance for safety and rule infractions.
23. No strap or seat belt apparatus may be used to secure contestant in the saddle, unless given approval by the Event Director or person with a handicap disability.
24. Every contestant will receive a back number.
25. Contestants must wear numbers on their backs and number must be visible while competing in their events, when at rodeo or on rodeo grounds.